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Market and positioning → production or delivery → norms and standards → data management (+3)

Workflows that drive an outcome from step to step. Process steps that hand work to each other.

Cross-industryRun by organizations in 5 industries. Counted from public, sourced parts only; each organization below links to the parts it was counted on.

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Organizations running it
11
Of their industry
5%
The pattern
What every instance has, in order
  1. Decisions
    Market and positioning
    in 100% of instances
    then
  2. Process
    Production or delivery
    in 91% of instances
    then
  3. Process
    Norms and standards
    in 91% of instances
    then
  4. Data
    Data management
    in 100% of instances
    information
  5. Software
    Communication tools
    in 91% of instances
    then
  6. Decisions
    Governance and decision rights
    in 91% of instances
    control
  7. People
    Secretariat and executive head
    in 100% of instances

Coloured arrows: a flow of that type seen between the two at instance organizations. Grey arrows: order only.

Structure
GroupsLayersEverything
Element
Share of instances
Companies
Invariant 7
At least 90% have it
People1
Secretariat and executive head
100%
11
Process2
Production or delivery
91%
10
Norms and standards
91%
10
Software1
Communication tools
91%
10
Data1
Data management
100%
11
Decisions2
Market and positioning
100%
11
Governance and decision rights
91%
10
Variant 18
20 to 80%: where they differ · Members
People3
Partnerships
55%
6
Org structure
45%
5
Customer service and support
36%
4
Process8
Hiring
64%
7
Country offices and field presence
55%
6
Customer onboarding
45%
5
Assessed contributions
45%
5
Evaluation and oversight offices
36%
4
Product or service design
27%
3
Quality control
27%
3
Voluntary and earmarked contributions
27%
3
Data2
Reporting and dashboards
45%
5
Inventory and assets
27%
3
Decisions5
Resolutions and decisions
64%
7
Budgeting and forecasting
55%
6
Pricing
45%
5
Policies and culture
45%
5
Strategy and goals
45%
5
Variant · where they differ
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

Every level, number, source and dimension: Member, $300 a year.

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Couplings · what comes together
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

Every level, number, source and dimension: Member, $300 a year.

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Entropy
Where it runs rough

Operating-reality findings at instance companies: workarounds, manual hand-offs, bottlenecks.

  • Pricing3 findings
    Dependency 1 · Tacit rule 1 · Workaround 1 · at 3 companies
  • Production or delivery2 findings
    Dependency 2 · at 2 companies
  • Governance and decision rights2 findings
    Dependency 1 · Tacit rule 1 · at 2 companies
  • Hiring2 findings
    Dependency 1 · Tacit rule 1 · at 2 companies
  • Org structure2 findings
    Dependency 1 · Manual hand-off 1 · at 2 companies
  • Resolutions and decisions2 findings
    Dependency 1 · Tacit rule 1 · at 2 companies
  • Secretariat and executive head2 findings
    Dependency 1 · Tacit rule 1 · at 2 companies
  • Data management1 finding
    Dependency 1 · at 1 company
Seen across
Where it holds
Size
  • 1000+ people27%
  • 501-1000 people18%
  • 51-200 people9%
Region
  • Switzerland55%
  • France18%
  • Europe9%
  • Geneva, Switzerland and New York City, United States9%
  • United Kingdom9%
Instances
The 11 companies it was seen at
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

Every level, number, source and dimension: Member, $300 a year.

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